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VOICED : EU 'not complete' without Western Balkans says Von der Leyen
At a press conference following a summit at the Brdo Castle in Slovenia, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen says the group is committed to the ascension of Western Balkans into the 27-member bloc, after EU leaders refused to...
Bloomberg
EU Tells Companies Not to Bend to Russian Gas Demands
The European Union has warned companies not to bend to Moscow's demand to pay for gas in rubles as that would be a breach of sanctions. But firms are seeking workarounds, and the bloc's own guidance issued last week appears to be...
Bridgeman Arts
Liberation of Auschwitz Documentary - Part 8 of 11
Auschwith-Birkenau was probably the most infamous concentration camp of the Holocaust. It was liberated by Soviet troops in 1944 and a large proportion of the footage included was filmed by the Soviet cameraman Alexander Voronsin, who...
Bloomberg
EU Can't Agree on Gas Price-Cap Plan
The European Union's executive arm is planning to urgently prepare several different options for how to cap the price of natural gas as it tries to alleviate an energy crisis, but EU diplomats warned the bloc's timetable may be...
Bloomberg
EPP Chair Urges EU Leaders to Build Up Energy Market
Manfred Weber, chairman of the European People's Party, tells Bloomberg's Maria Tadeo that the bloc's leaders need to build up the European energy market to strengthen independence and create certainty. He speaks on "Bloomberg Daybreak:...
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Reax after EU plans binding limits on carbon-dioxide emissions for new cars
Brussels, Belgium
1. Exterior of European Commission HQ
2. Pan across luxury cars parked outside European Commission
3. Pan across European Commission sign
4. Man reading Commission's paper on CO2 reductions inside European Commission...
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Pope begs forgiveness from victims of clergy sex abuse; Vatican spokesman
Pope Francis begged forgiveness on Monday from the victims of clergy sex abuse as he held his first meeting with several abuse survivors.
The Vatican quoted Francis as expressing personal "sorrow" in his homily at a private Mass with six...
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FRANCE: EUROPEAN UNION PARLIAMENT / JACQUES SANTER
Eng/French/Nat
The European Union's assembly has overwhelmingly approved the Luxembourg prime minister and his team of executives to run the 15-nation trading bloc for the next five years.
Despite criticism of some of the nominees, the...
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BRUSSELS: EU: VETS RECOMMEND PARTIAL LIFTING OF BAN ON BRITISH BEEF
English/Nat
The E-U's Committee of Independent Vets has recommended that the European Commission partially lift the British beef ban.
The Commission will now study this recommendation and ask its standing veterinary committee for a...
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BELGIUM: BRUSSELS: EUROPEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING
English/Nat
European foreign ministers are meeting in Brussels Monday.
The issue of British beef is not on the agenda but ministers are likely to discuss the on-going crisis.
The European Commission has recommended a partial lifting of...
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CAN928 WARREN REPORT CRITIC
Mark Lane critic of The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy also known unofficially as the Warren Commission, says New Orleans investigation is significant and he is ready to help if asked. His views are...
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WRAP Ven govt takes over financier's bank, investors reax ADDS Mexico, Colombia
Caracas, Venezuela - February 19, 2009
1. Various of closed Stanford Bank in Caracas
2. Close up of padlock
3. People outside bank
Caracas, Venezuela - February 19, 2009
4. Wide of news conference attended by Venezuelan Finance...
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Florida is seeing a jump in the number of softshell turtles being trapped and exported overseas. That has caught the attention of state wildlife officials. The turtles are used for food and medicine in China where they have been hunted to the point of extinction
HEADLINE: Scientists fight to save Fla. turtles
CAPTION: Florida is seeing a jump in the number of softshell turtles being trapped and exported overseas. That has caught the attention of state wildlife officials. The turtles are used for...
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WRAP Afghan president defends vote, admits some bias ADDS bite on 'partial' govt officials
1. Wide of Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, at podium
2. Mid of media
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Hamid Karzai, Afghan President:
"There were government officials who on both sides were partial. There were some government officials who were...
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BELGIUM: EUROPEAN BEEF WAR LATEST (3)
English/Nat
European Commission President Romano Prodi has left Brussels for meetings in Paris with French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin and President Jacques Chirac.
The meetings have been planned for some time, but their focus is now...
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EU reassures Greece on loan extension
1. Wide exterior of European Parliament office
2. Mid of entrance
3. EU and Greek flags
4. Wide of European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Olli Rehn arriving and taking seat at panel
5. Mid of flags
6. SOUNDBITE (English)...
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European parliament analyst comments on EU budget challenge
1. Exterior of Residence Palace
2. Various of John Palmer, Political Director of the European Policy Centre, walking toward conference room
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) John Palmer, Political Director of the European Policy Centre:
"We had a...
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SYND 24-11-73 FURTHER INVESTIGATION INTO THE ASSASSINATION OF JOHN F KEENEDY
Interview with Bernard Fensterwald, an investigator still inquiring into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
1. ms Fensterwald and reporter SOUNDBITE 'Im fairly convinced ot he fact that the case has never been solved, The...
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Bush announces WMD inquiry, reactions
1. Zoom in view of President Bush surrounded by his cabinet
2. Pan view from Vice President Dick Cheney to other cabinet members
3. Cutaway reporter asking question, pan to Bush
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, U.S. President:
"I...
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Pope's sex abuse commission alarmed by spanking comment
Members of Pope Francis' sex abuse commission have sharply criticised his remarks that it is all right for parents to spank their children, saying there's no place for physical discipline and that the commission would be making...
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Pope sets up panel of experts to advise him on sex abuse
Pope Francis is assembling a panel of experts to advise him on sex abuse in the clergy - a task that will involve looking at how to protect children from pedophiles, how to better screen men for the priesthood, and how to help victims...
Bloomberg
Smaller EU Countries May Push Cuts for France: Naud
Nov. 25 -- Yannick Naud, portfolio manager at Sturgeon Capital, discusses the state of the French economy as the European Union delays a decision on whether or not to accept a 2015 French budget deficit in excess of 3 percent. He speaks...
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USA: TOUGHEST PENALTY UNDER LAW IS PASSED ON MIKE TYSON UPDATE
1. Wide of hearing
2. Two stills of the biting incident
3. SOUNDBITE: Oscar Goodman, Mike Tyson's attorney
4. Cutaway of Luther Mack
5. SOUNDBITE: Gordon Fink, Nevada Senior Deputy Attorney General
6. Cutaway of Tyson's counsel,...
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UK: APPEAL FOR PINOCHET TO BE RETURNED HOME TO CHILE
Eng/Spanish/Nat
Chile has stepped up the pressure on Britain to allow former dictator General Pinochet to return home.
In London on Wednesday pro-Pinochet members of the Chilean Parliament said his arrest had destabilised the country....